Vaccines are satanic : Bolivia battles fake news in inoculation drive
Reuters | May 20, 2021 09:02 PM EDT
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in La Paz, (Photo : REUTERS/David Mercado/File Photo)
Bolivia s immunization drive against COVID-19 is being hit by anti-vaccine misinformation that is stoking scepticism and leaving inoculation centers half empty, a challenge for the government facing a wave of new infections.
Health workers and officials have raised concerns about low turnout at some vaccination sites, saying jabs are going to waste. They blame fake news campaigns that have included leaflets saying vaccines contain satanic material.
National
May 19, 2021
MAHUVA, India: At least 33 people died and more than 90 were missing on Tuesday after a monster cyclone slammed India, compounding the country’s woes as it posted a new record number of coronavirus deaths in 24 hours. The swirling system dubbed Cyclone Tauktae is the latest in what experts say is a growing number of increasingly severe storms in the Arabian Sea as climate change warms its waters. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power after the storm hit the Gujarat coast in western India on Monday evening, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Winds up to 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour smashed seafront windows and knocked over power lines and thousands of trees, blocking roads leading to affected areas, officials said. “I have never experienced such intensity in my life,” a hotel owner in the town of Bhavnagar said. “It was pitch dark as power was cut off and winds were making a roaring sound. It was scary.” Prime Minister
MAHUVA, India: At least 27 people were dead and almost 100 missing on Tuesday after a monster cyclone slammed India, compounding the country’s woes as it recorded a new record number of.
Daily Monitor
Monday May 17 2021
Left in ruins: Police and journalists tour the Omusinga’s palace at Buhikira after the attack that claimed more than 100 lives on December 01, 2016. PHOTO/FILE/ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
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The report dubbed “All We Need Are Answers: Prevailing Transitional Justice Issues and Actors in Uganda”, mainly cites two conflicts of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the 2016 Kasese Palace attack that left over 100 locals killed by security forces.
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A new report by transitional justice groups- urges government to provide answers and accountability to the people who were affected by several armed conflicts in various parts of the country- if healing is to be realized.